Time needed for photos before ceremony?

EmilyCMN

I was wondering how long people were allowing for the photos before their ceremony began. I am using Ben Berndt and I emailed him but I haven't heard back yet and I am being impatient. I wanted to book S&C for hair but I need to give them a time for when we all need to be done with our hair so they know what time to get to my site.

Thanks!

newlyseliski

Haha... I'm waiting to hear back from him, too, about the exact same thing   He photographed my old roommate's wedding back in January and they did about an hour of "getting ready" photos before an 11am ceremony... 2hrs for ceremony... and they had 3.5 hours in between going all over the cities including Como Park and Downtown St. Paul during the winter carnival.

For my own, we have a 3:00pm ceremony time, so need to do most of our photos beforehand, too.  To be safe since things always seem to run late, we're doing all of our hair, makeup (Smart and Chic also) and getting dressed between 8:30am-11:00am at my parents' house to allow at least 2.5 hours for informal wedding party stuff before formal photos at church.  This is, of course, pending photographer recommendations and feedback!

kaylas16

My photog suggested about an 1-1.5 hr for WP and 1-1.5 hr for family.  We are also doing first look photos so I allocated 3 hours for these pictures.  You also need to account for any traveling to sites that you are going to take pictures at away from your ceremony site.

Sarahsue1684

Ugh Im doing my wedding day timeline for my photographer as well and am starting to get overwhlemed!

aligross

Ahhh how I love my photographers! They actually sent me a timeline after we talked about what we wanted photographed and when...
They allowed us from 10:30am- 3pm (4.5 hrs) from the last shots of us getting ready, the first look photos, the wedding party photos, and family shots done. Post ceremony we will have about an hour/hour and a half to do other shots - then we're off to the cocktail hour!

shan87

Our photog suggested 3 to 4 hours. We are doing 4 hours but broken up.

Here is our breakdown
10:30-1100AM First Look Pictures
1100-1230PM Wedding Party Pictures
1230-130PM Family Pictures
200-300PM Ceremony
400-500PM Wedding Party Pictures at the park near the reception site (weather premitting)

[Deleted User]

I think that 2 hours is a good amount of time, but would factor in 3 hours in case there are any delays.  Also Shan's schedule of doing it in tiers is helpful because then not EVERYONE needs to be ready at the exact same time and you & FI can start your pictures while everyone else continues to get ready.

PoliceWife104

We just went over this with our photographer 2 weeks ago & I feel much better about everything since then!

This is what we're doing for our Friday, 5:00 ceremony...

2:30-2:45 - First look
2:45-4:00 - Bridal party, BM & GM
4:00-4:30 - Family pictures
4:30-5:00 - Ring pictures
5:00-6:00 - Ceremony
6:20-7:00 - Bridal party at reception site
7:00-8:30 - Reception festivities

Note:  If you're having a Catholic ceremony, typically pictures have to be done 1/2 hour before the wedding starts.  I didn't know this until my photographer told me!  = )

Also, we want less of the formal, posed pictures  & more of the candid, photo journalistic style, which is why we're not allotting much time for some things.

HTH!!  = )

shan87

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_minnesota-minneapolis-st-paul_time-needed-photos-before-ceremony?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:81Discussion:30a7376e-e6ac-4008-9976-fc69473efaccPost:7ebd3a79-641a-4619-9c1e-00edcdca7687">Re: Time needed for photos before ceremony?</a>:
[QUOTE]We just went over this with our photographer 2 weeks ago & I feel much better about everything since then! This is what we're doing for our Friday, 5:00 ceremony... 2:30-2:45 - First look 2:45-4:00 - Bridal party, BM & GM 4:00-4:30 - Family pictures 4:30-5:00 - Ring pictures 5:00-6:00 - Ceremony 6:20-7:00 - Bridal party at reception site 7:00-8:30 - Reception festivities Note:  <strong>If you're having a Catholic ceremony, typically pictures have to be done 1/2 hour before the wedding starts.  I didn't know this until my photographer told me!  </strong>= ) Also, we want less of the formal, posed pictures  & more of the candid, photo journalistic style, which is why we're not allotting much time for some things. HTH!!  = )
Posted by MikeNAndi[/QUOTE]

I second this... My Priest is kicking us out of the worship space 30 mins before the ceremony so people can be sat and they can prepare the space.

europa494

We're doing 2 hours before and 1 hour in between ceremony and reception to do larger shots.

martiac225

If your photog wants to take your dress outside for pics of it before you're in it, watch out for flying berries!

graysquirrel

We are planning for about 2 hours, but we're trying to squeeze more time in. We have to rehearse the day of, so it makes it hard. Our photog said that 2 is ok, but most people usually need at least 2.5.

ogrady88

We are planning on an hour and a half for formal pictures (ending a half hour before the ceremony).  We are going to do all of the pictures we can do without seeing each other.  Then we're doing an hour of pictures after the ceremony, while the guests are enjoying the cocktail hour, to finish taking the formal shots with us together.  We will have two photographers so that should help to speed up the process.